Nasdaq Looking to Unveil Tokenized Trading Platform Next Year: Will the SEC Approve? | Carlton Fields

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On September 8, 2025, Nasdaq submitted a first-of-its-kind application to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend Nasdaq rules to permit the trading of tokenized securities alongside traditional, non-tokenized securities. Investors would have the ability to trade, settle, and clear securities on Nasdaq’s trading facilities through a permissioned, or in other words, restrictively accessed, blockchain run by the Depository Trust Company (DTC). The tokenized trading feature may be available as soon as the end of Q3 2026, if approved. This effort seems likely to garner serious attention from the SEC in light of the Trump administration’s and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins’ emphasis on strengthening American leadership in digital financial technology and making America the “crypto capital of the world.” What Is Tokenization and What Are the Benefits? Tokenization is the process of representing the economic value of a real-world asset on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger

Nasdaq Looking to Unveil Tokenized Trading Platform Next Year: Will the SEC Approve? | Carlton Fields Skip to Content Search Search search Nasdaq Looking to Unveil Tokenized Trading Platform Next Year: Will the SEC Approve? Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Download PDF November 12, 2025 On September 8, 2025, Nasdaq submitted a first-of-its-kind application to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend Nasdaq rules to permit the trading of tokenized securities alongside traditional, non-tokenized securities. Investors would have the ability to trad

Nasdaq Looking to Unveil Tokenized Trading Platform Next Year: Will the SEC Approve? | Carlton Fields

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